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BAG FOR TRANSPORTING MONEY, &c.

No. 513,756. Patented Jan. 30, 1894.

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BAG FOR TRANSPORTING MONEY, 860.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 518,756, dated January .230, 1894. Y Application led March 23, 1893. erial No. 467,313. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that we, JOHN ANDERSON CAR- LAW and MICHAEL J. TEEDY, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York and Province of Ontario, Canada, have jointly in vented a certain new and Improved Bag for Containing Moneys or other Valuables for Transmission from One Place to Another, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to design a bag which can be readily and eiectually closed so as to render it impossible to be opened without leaving visible traces of. its having been tampered with, and it consists, essentially, of a bag of canvas or other pliable material having on one side of its mouth a strip of stiff leather orother suitable matef rial the said mouth being closed by bringing one side of the mouth against the side having the stiffening piece, and folding the two together over and down against the side of the bag securing it thus double folded by a cord or its equivalent laced in holes pierced through the stiffened strip and sides of the bag, substantially as hereinafter more particularly explained and then definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l, is

Fig. 2, is a view of the bag with the mouth closed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 3, is a view similar to Fig. 2, except that the seal is placed on top of a tag instead of the cupped-shaped seal receptacle.

vTo preferably bind the mouth of the bag A, with pliable leather Vbinding B, about twice the width of the strip C, which is preferably made of stiff leather and in length oorresponds with the width of the bag A. This strip O, is sewedvor otherwise securely fastened to the mouth of the bag A, and acts as a stiffener to prevent the mouth so protected being crimpled or opened. A row of holes D, is made through the strip (Land a corresponding row of holes E, is made through the binding B, immediately opposite to and corresponding with Vthe holes D. A third row of holes F, is also made through the binding B, which pass through both sides of the bag at the point indicated.

In order to close the mouth of the bag, its two sides a and b are brought together so that the holes D and E come opposite each other, and the whole mouth of the bag is folded until the lfolded part lies parallel with the body of the bag and so that said strip will be on the outside and the holes D andE register with the holes F, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. A cord G or its equivalent is then laced through the holes D, E, and F, and the ends of the cord G, so laced are brought together and fastened by a seal H. This seal we prefer to make of wax in a metal cup I, which we rivet to the strip O, and pierce to permit the cord G, being threaded through it. This cup will eifectually prevent the seal H, Abeing tampered with, as it will be utterly impossible to remove the seal for the purpose of getting at the cord without utterly destroying the said seal. The cup I, will also protect the seal from being injured by rough handling.

Although we prefer the employment of a cup I, as we consider it an additional safe guard, it may be dispensed with and the seal H, placed directly onto the strip O, or as shown in Fig. 3, on top of the tag J, on which a memorandum of particulars is printed.

From this description it will be seen that we secure a bag which cannot possibly be opened without exhibiting evidence of its having been tampered with.

What we claim as our invention isl. A bag having two rows of perforations through each of its sides, one row in its body and the other near its mouth, and a strip of stiff leather or other material secured to one side of said bag, and having perforations therein arranged to register with theperforations in the bag when the mouth of said bag is shut and folded, whereby the bag can be securely fastened by a cord passing through said perforations, substantially as described.

2. A bag having two rows of perforations through each of its sides, one row in its body and the other near its mouth, and a strip of sti leather or other material secured to one ing into the sealing material in said easing, ro side of said bag, and having perforations substantially as described.

therein arranged to register with the perfo- Toronto, March 9, 1893.

rations in the bag when the mouth of said bag is shut and folded, in combination with a metal casing secured to the stiening strip and pierced to receive a cord, whereby the In presence ofbag is fastened by a oord passing through A. M. NEFF,

said perforations and sealed by the cord pass- J. EDW. MAYBEE. 

